The Ultimate IQ Showdown: Which States Dominate?
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- Let's explore the 10 states with the highest IQ. Find out which states rank as the smartest in the country and how education plays a role in IQ levels. IQ tests are always a good way to estimate an area's mental capacity. I promise you'll be surprised.
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Unfortunately, IQ doesn't equate to common sense.
No doubt.
@@pistachiosandpopcorn7146 True, I would say BMI and credit score tells your common sense.
I would argue that the people in most of the states listed do have good common sense
My IQ is four points below genius level, but I value common sense more than a college degree.
@@HollyDutton-wz8fe that’s why your IQ is so high😊😊
To be extremely successful a high IQ is helpful. However, IQ is only one facet of a high preforming individual. Emotional intelligence, mental toughness, motivation, perseverance, social skills, as well as opportunity all have significant impact on success. I meet many a high IQ scientist type that were social blivits, tunneled in vision and utterly unmotivated. Moreover, being very smart, often you'll find the world and its social trends very disturbing.
Those were all copes, at the end of the day the IQ matters most as "unmotivated" qualities are hardly less common with the rest.
Determination (or hard headedness) is needed for success as well. Maybe that was listed in 'mental toughness'.
Unfortunately.....Goddamit
my high iq and talents are no help without the skills to promote ones self so I deliver food on my bike for a living when I should be changing the world
@@eatmanyzoos In a free market society, generally, those that do, should. You have no particular right to success just because your smart. I have a tested IQ of 134. It was useful but not critical. Tenacity and logic and people skills were more important along the route. Sometimes I find being smart tends to cause more anxiety than it is worth.
I’m originally from Colorado and my hypothesis regarding IQ is that one has to be smarter to survive in a cold climate. In the south you can just lay around and fruit falls out of the trees. In the north one has to plan ahead for shelter, food, clothing etc just to survive the winter.
it goes through history too. it’s part of why africa, despite its natural resources and potential, is always taken advantage of by nations with a colder climate. it was colonialism in europe, now it’s china and the silk road.
I actually thought Colorado was going to be on the list. Read somewhere years ago that Denver had the 2nd highest number of library card holders in the country
Amen to that 😊!
@@robbien.1798 Climate change made us dumber.
Yup, that explains it. Can't be that these are almost all white states, with hardly any liberals and good schools and most people work for a living eh?
Really enjoy your show and watch it all the time. Love your humor.
Minnesota is home of 3M, Honeywell, Pillsbury and General Mills. Very good public schools and education is stressed.
And My Pillow company
@@BLaw707 ouch!! You had to mention that idiot. I guess you can’t have only good businesses 😒. Love the comment BTW
Nebraska home Warren buffet of Berkshire hathway barren Warner yes Nebraska is the one OREGON AND IOWA
@@BLaw707and Michele Bachman
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I was the 999th person to like this and now it says 1K. Gotta love your videos, Briggs! You know a lot about geography / statistics and you crank these cool lists out just like I do on my own time. And I've been looking into places to move to and many of them are on this list and other positive lists. Keep it up!
Now to do countries with the highest and lowest IQs. Thanx, Briggs! I always enjoy your videos and learn something new.
Ha! Yeah do that!!
Um ... I just watched it. Keep looking. Also: I was surprised at how close the numbers are between "pretty smart" and "dumb as a stump."
@@napadave58 not at all, what?
Even though my state (Wisconsin) didn't make the list, I'm glad so many other northern states did. Proud to he a Northerner!
I'd bet anything that Wisconsin is top 15 for sure.
It's no coincidence that the higher ranked states also have the colder climates. People stay inside and do a lot of reading in the winter. Can't believe you forgot Post-It notes from 3M (MN).
I suspect that a lot of innovative culture associated with Minnesota originates from WWII. The federal government started by tapping the milling industry to produce food for the war effort. Minnesota was safely inland and had access to the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes. Minnesota's role was expanded to include both light and heavy manufacturing for the war effort. After the war, Minnesota continued to host all kinds of research and development.
I live in Alaska and I don’t think that theory applies here. I was born and raised in Ct but left so I wouldn’t have to pay high taxes.
yeah it’s like that worldwide. africa for example never needed to develop much technology or agriculture… especially compared to europe
You don't increase your IQ by reading. IQ isn't what you know, its your processing speed. Its why IQ tests aren't knowledge based tests, they're problem solving.
It's the fewer illegals and minorities, they bring down the average
New Hampshire full of Massachusetts people living there to save up on taxes
That's pretty smart of them!
🎉 Truth
They save on income tax and sales tax, but pay it all back on property tax. A state needs tax revenue to operate and only vary on the source.
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Thank you!! 😁
Briggs, you rock! Peace
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New era?
WOW. Didn't see that one coming. New Hampshire is my home state. I figured it was probably on the list. But I didn't think it was going to be #1.
Its just the measure of demographics, aka percentage white.
…and the coolest state motto ever!
I thought Massachusetts and Minnesota would be 1 and 2, but 2 and 3 ain't bad. Good job New Hampshire
Mass of two shits👍
The "Calculation" in the 1st minute is Badly Flawed!
According to? That is the definition from Webster and Study.com.
@@WorldAccordingToBriggs According to every credible source, Briggs. That "calculation" is ridiculous and will tell you nothing. IQ = intelligence quotient. IQ is derived from taking a series of standardized tests and subtests which are designed to assess human intelligence. The whole "mental age" calculation hasn't been used in many, many decades because it was ridiculous.
@@BomageMinimart You have no idea what is going on here. You are off on some strange rant NOT realizing he is just talking about IQ scores. Not how they are used, not why they are used. He is just talking about a stat. And as far as NOT used in "many, many, decades" You are a clown. It is used to this day for military testing for MI slots and in various govermnet agencies. You don't know what you are talking about. I do like how you say "According to every credible source, Briggs." wile being wrong. classic
According to that equation, I'd be 181. On the 5th grade CAT I was 12+ , skipped a couple grades, SAT 1590, flunked out of Brown. In reality I'm only around 127 just enough to sound smart. I spent most of my life surfing and teaching.
@@BomageMinimart I agree, and question. Just where would the "mental age" data come from? Doesn't seem there would be a feasible way to average that across a population.
According to other data Maryland comes in third place right behind Massachusetts and Vermont! See you in the next one Briggs! Bis spater.
I used to live in Nebraska for about 10yrs, so I was surprised to see it on this list. Great video Briggs. 💪
I was born in Lincoln Nebraska.
Sure as hell doesn't include Mississippi. You can't pay them enough to pay attention
I'm so broke, I can barely pay attention, LOL!
True
Hawt diggity!! Another banger ❤
What? California didn’t make the list? We have Gavin Newsom! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That says it all😂😂😂😂
@@user-bj2gq4pt3j Wee guts two menhy migrannnts from the south.
I recognized Fargo right away (I lived in the area for over 20 years) but at the end of the North Dakota video it was actually across the border in Moorhead, MN.
I actually thought that Massachusetts would be number one for sure.
Nope
Same here
Minnesota also invented Post-It Notes, RollerBlades and Water Skiing!
All colder weather states! 🤔
Worldwide it can be explained with the fact that developed survival skills (problem solving ability that is measured by IQ tests) are a must to survive in harsh, cold conditions.
One does not have to invent so many solutions to survive if there is always a tree bearing fruits next to him.
Meanwhile lowest are all hot weather states and basically cover the sun belt
Missouri should make that list so should New NJ and NY.
@@GAURAV25855ify Missouri-St Louis and Kansas City probably pull it down
Snow. Duh! Gimme a break.
If I see Florida on this list I will UNSUBSCRIBE
😂😂😂
The Citadel of the North, Norwich University is in Vermont, and is the birthplace of ROTC, and has produced more staff officers, except for Annapolis and West Point.
Wow both the states I got college degrees from were on this list (and I have never lived in New England). Crazy.
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New jersey, Massachusetts and Washington
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Interesting video
Massachusetts also has Berklee. One of the best music schools in the country.
Hey! Did you make a "Smelliest US Cities" video already? Cause New Orleans can definitely be on that list...
I think Sioux City, IA would be on that list.
Almost any city in nj would be on that list
Commerce City, CO has the stinkiest dog food factory.
you can always tell you’re in richmond, IN driving on 70 with the dog food factory
@@saulberger2440 because of the indians?
My maternal grandfather was from Nebraska.He was a Ph.D who taught at Yale so I'm not surprised by Nebraska. The family moved to Wyoming and having visited there and seen all the archeological digs plus Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Devil's Tower I'm not surprised at their high IQ because they probably have a lot of archaeologists there.
I mean, there’s only like five people in Wyoming, so like if 3 people IQ is super high that it makes most of the state smart,
Other Connecticut inventions. The helicopter; the nuclear submarine; the cotton gin; the first law school (Yale).
I’m not sure if I am more shocked Wyoming is #6 or that it is the The Equality State. 😂
Hell.. I’m in Wyoming. I was shocked too. Especially while my neighbors are presently drinking shots and firing shotguns at a plastic 5 gallon bucket in front of one of their pickup trucks. People in Wyoming have the best car insurance though, because it’s cheap. Nobody steals cars with buckshot in the radiator and windshield
Ha funny@@enigmawyoming5201
I lived in WY for 6 years and I can assure you they are not #6
Wyoming !! who knew.
North Dakota. Well, if you sit around all winter looking outside, you'll be thinking.
South Dakota is smart
@@KristNi Yes they are my mother was from South Dakota
some fascinating surprises on this list
For the record, I taught civil engineering for 28 years at 2 universities. I’m also a licensed surveyor. I’m not at all smart… I was only persistent …. and I knocked up the College Dean’s daughter. I’m not smart, or have a high IQ. I was just good at doing what I did to get ahead of everybody else. By accident. And I have a PhD in engineering.
The whole concept of “you need a high IQ to get into a university” is at best.. a myth. Or a downright ignorant thing to even think about saying.
I’ve been married to the Engineering College dean’s daughter for over 40 years. I never had a high IQ my whole life. Terrible benchmark to judge IQ from.
I know welders, landscapers and even janitors whom I feel have a higher IQ than I have.
Do you think you would have taught engineering if you didn't have a relationship with the Dean's daughter?
Well it's obvious you don't have it in you bc you didn'tunderstandwhat the video is all about... but it works for you... and it's not a crime to be just 1.
I was wondering if you married the dean’s daughter because that shows how intelligent you really are. Marrying her was the smart thing to do.
@@carmenburnham1088 That’s funny! Thanks… no, I married the Dean’s daughter because she is so intelligent, elegant, regal and amazingly good looking.
EDIT 15 minutes later - now that she isn’t looking over my shoulder anymore. I married her in SPITE of her being the Dean’s (my boss’s) daughter. Not all BECAUSE she was the Dean’s daughter.
I love her freckles. She hates them.. so I couldn’t type that on my original reply.
We laugh, and understand (forgive) each other for who we are. And she bakes amazing bread……. I’m still not very smart, but I’m still very happy! I consider that a big win for person with enough intelligence (and fortunate) to enjoy the previous 40+ years of my life.
Say hi to the Dean's daughter
Just wondering where Oregon fits on this list. I grew up there and recall some pretty sharp folks. Of course that was years ago.
As it happens, I currently am retired and live in Nebraska. Prior I lived in PDSR California (LA country) and find the general conversations here in Nebraska to be far more stimulating.
List kept going and going and i was starting to worry that Wisconsin was gonna somehow sneaky on and leave mn off... before, i thought Mn 2 and MA 1. Not bad being top three
I grew up in Wisconsin and have spent my adult life living in Minnesota. I do tend to think of Wisconsinites as being rather bright and inventive, but they don't tend to be as "bookish" as Minnesotans. The population of Wisconsin is more rural, so I think they put a higher premium on practical skills. Of course, I grew up in rural Wisconsin, so I guess I could make some off-color comments about the effect that alcohol consumption has on IQ.
How many people were in the sample?
Maybe 5, who didn't graduate in the Top 30% in their HS.
living in Washington, I can tell you that I live near some of the people that are bringing the average of the state down. 😂
lol I’m in Seattle!
I'm sorry that you have to live near my ex.
@@patlynch6517 - over on the Peninsula
@NebFan06, like the guys from the Borat movie who think Hillary Clinton drinks babies' blood? Knowing those people live in one of the smartest states should make us really worry about the rest of the country.
You out by Colville?
The folks in Grand Forks had to do something with the farina coming out of mill purifiers.
At 2:08
Inventions from Nebraska....
A well-respected test for tractors and their capabilities came out of Nebraska.... It's called the Nebraska tractor test.
Thank you, New Hampshire, for the coffee!
This was cool (:
Aye Briggs 😅 when we getting into some global content ? Maybe top countries Americans are moving to or THESE countries h a t e Americans coming there
Recently I found out something very interesting that was also invented in Minnesota. That's classic and never dying PC game called Oregon Trail. Yeah it was invented by some teachers who learned how to code and initially it was just put into some schools only but then later released to the public across the country
My FIL in WASHINGTON State invented PickleBall at his health clubs in the 1970s. He lived in Bellevue WA.
WA resident here. I thought he invented it in his backyard on Bainbridge Is.
@@deirdre108 he and FIL probably knew each other. FIL promoted the sport at Family Fitness Centers around the Seattle area in the late 60s & 70s.
@@KelticKate It's quite interesting to see how the sport took off. I'd never heard of it until a few years ago! And now its the fastest growing sport in the country. Next stop--the Olympics!
MA,MD ,CT, NY, VT?
Founding Fathers from Virginia: Washington, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, George Mason, and others I can't recall right now. Good grief, Briggs!
I know. Wasn't sure if anyone would catch that. I thought by throwing John Quincy Adams in there people would not notice. You are the only one so far.
Yes ! I’ve been waiting to here from my State of Virginia ! I mean Founding Fathers , Generals , ect ect Honestly ! University of VA ! VMI !!!!!! James Madison U! Come on ! I think this rating is a tad uneven !
@@lightofthejul I think this is in regards to the current IQ of the states, not from the 1770's.
Tupperware was invented in New Hampshire. But most importantly, so were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Gore tex originated in DE. Gore was just born in Utah but he moved to DE and invented it here in Delaware in a little garage next to an elderly man I used to care for
Josephine Cochrane invented the dishwasher while living in Illinois. I don’t see any particular connection to Wyoming in her Wikipedia bio.
Let me guess Massachusetts is #1
Nope it's actually American Samoa.
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Connecticut New York Pennsylvania Michigan WHAT about California Colorado Hawaii
@@GAURAV25855ify California was on the lowest IQ list. His last video.
Nope! WE WON AGAIN!!! WE WON AGAAAAAAAAINNNNN!!! NH! 😝😝😝🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😂
Ever read The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould?
No but I took 2 Semesters of Paleontology does that count?
I guessed MA @ #1. But after MA was #2, I knew NH would be #1.
Way to go Vermont ! John Deer , Open reel ! Awesome !
The difference between #1 and #2 is like a fraction of a point. The year before these latest rankings MA was #1 and NH was #2. Don’t know if this is true but I heard the idea of IQ tests comes from the eugenics movement. Whether or not that’s true, I think like any test, they are limited in what they claim to measure
Yes! My state made it!! Go New England!
Warren Buffett still lives in the house he bought in like 1956. Started Berkshire Hathaway at about $17 per share which is now at just over 600K per share. Pretty smart guy, i would say.
He doesn't like change. Unless it's the shiny round kind of change.
I was led to believe that Connecticut was the state where road work and traffic slowdowns were invented. Going online shows NH as #2 at 104.2 and MA as #1 at 104.3.
You should do a video of States with people with the highest IQ's. There are probably many states with hundreds of folks with IQ's over 120 whose Average gets dragged down by the IQ of internet content creators.
As a New Hampshirite, I can say people have very high expectations here, it can be difficult to be average.
Our big cities drag this down such a Milwaukee in Wisconsin. Hoped Wisconsin would be on but no.
I actually expected Massachusetts to be number one.
Something you might look into. How many States or towns still exercise prohibition. No alcohol. Dry Counties, States, or Towns?🤔
I clicked this knowing full well that Nebraska would be on it 😁❤️
Yeah, I used to live in Lincoln, and my wife read somewhere that the amount of people with PhD's in the town was really high.
@@NebFan06 college town
I thought MD would be on the list! Do states where household incomes are the highest.
DC money
lol MD has Baltimore and PG bringing the numbers down with their awful school systems
@@dustine7371John's Hopkins University , US Naval Academy ?
@@InnocentPotato-pd7wi those are colleges and have zero to do with what kids learn in school before then. I’m sure there are very few at either institution from either area I referenced.
Minnesota natives Earl Bakken, and C. Walton Lillehei invented the Pacemaker.
And Jesse Ventura was Governor. Is that a plus or minus?
New Jersey native Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb. And Bell Labs invented certain telephony technologies.
@@enigmawyoming5201A minus
And a porn comedian as senator. Dumb. 😮
I had always thought (and read) that basketball was a Canadian invention, so I googled it, of course and it seems that - in away - we may be both right.
"Naismith studied and taught physical education at McGill University in Montreal until 1890, before moving to Springfield, Massachusetts, United States later that year, where in 1891 he designed the game of basketball while he was teaching at the International YMCA Training School."
Also from Utah: in Wikipedia, Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 - March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer. He made the critical contributions to electronic television that made possible all the video in the world today.
Well 90 is considered on the line for nornal. So 101 doesn't really seem that impressive..i could be wrong Anybody?
Better than 95. But I am still taking these with a pinch of salt.
Yea all these IQ's are in the average range of 90 to 105, nothing to brag about.
@@outbackigloo6489Isn't the phrase "with a grain of salt"?
@@primemover1416 - either phrase is acceptable.
@@outbackigloo6489 as you should with any statistic. I remember someone randomly commenting “statistics don’t lie”. Dude never read “How to Lie with Statistics”
Didn't realize bass guitar was invented in Washington. Not thrilled about pickle ball, though.
The bobcat was invented in North Dakota as well
Most people in Ct did not go to Yale.
I'm from NYC and thought New York would easily be on this list but forgot about upstate! 😂
The problem with New England intelligence, no one ever leaves to spread the intelligence...
That’s not true there are a bunch of people who moved to North Carolina. Not sure where else.
@@DS-nw4eq High IQ people and low IQ people are vastly different. It can be damn near impossible to relate. So if you're in one group or the other, you prefer to keep it that way. No-one likes to feel stupid every time they turn around, or to feel like they spend their whole day instructing others about things they consider very basic. It's exhausting, actually. For high IQ people, it's like spending your time always surrounded by children. For low IQ people, it feels like you're always looking dumb. It's very uncomfortable for both groups, which is why people don't marry outside their range. People in the middle are probably most comfortable.
Florida and North Carolina typically
We’re too busy eating lobster and rooting for the Red Sox!
I could be mistaken, didn't scotch tape get invented in Minnesota? 3M, Best Buy, and Target have headquarters here.
Love my Minnesota! What no Florida or Texas on the list? 🤣🤣🤣
Briggs got 'em street smarts. 😉
Wow, I lived in #1 and #2.. and I produced lots of #2 in both states!
I went to Harvard. It sucked
My 1st exposure to IQ, came in the 2nd grade (or maybe 1st)m long time ago. In the 8th grade I was exposed to speed reading, and the instructor commented that I retained 95% of what I read at high speeds. A psychologist had me take an IQ test at or about 45 years of age, and at about 50+ through Voc rehab took another one, and incidentally, about that time, a psychologist from SSA gave me a test involving the recall of numbers backwards and forwards. The test started with him giving me a colored object to remember and I recalled it after having passed the numerical recitation. My former father-in-law gave me a test which the company used to test executives, guess he saw something in me. Without going into the actual #'s, I'm closer to the ceiling than the floor!
Let us know! I scored 143 in the fourth grade and then got a really high GRE score that was estimated to equal an IQ even higher. It's sure made life easier. I don't know how folks with an average IQ make it in the 21st century.
Communication and relationship skills matter more!
I’m from Maine. Maine was once part of Massachusetts. I wonder if that’s where my IQ came from.
The culture of education in Massachusetts public schools is totally different than every other state! Take it from someone who lived outside the state and attended high school in Massachusetts…
Can anyone tell me how I can know my IQ, so that the result is as accurate as possible and that the test does not cost a lot of money? I need to know before choosing what I'm going to study, my career path, I have bipolar disorder and ADHD, I don’t know what to choose, so confused.
thank you.
Nebraska 101.2
Connecticut 101.2
Washington 101.5
Utah 101.5
Wyoming 101.7
North Dakota 101.7
Vermont 102.2
Minnesota 102.9
Massachusetts 103.1
New Hampshire 103.2
Definitely did not guess AZ, where I live, but luckily I was born in CT and I also lived in NE.
With all those jobs that were commensurate with those mean IQs, will probably be obsolete in the very near future, if they have not been as of late.
IL,CA, RI,NH ,PA
Nitpick: the “h” in Amherst, MA is silent. \AM-erst\. The ”h” would likely be pronounced for towns in other states with that name.
Good video; my home state was put in a good light. 💡 🙂
These states are cold, especially North Dakota so I guess you might as well read a book or invent something when there's snow 6 months out of the year.
Massholes
Once again, Utah beats Washington. Only bad part is that this IQ in no way equates to good driving. The average being a point above the middle mark for our species isn't that impressive.
Whalburgs are from Massachusetts so is larry bird what california didnt make the list
NH is no surprise.
Ohio, california, MICHIGAN north carolina should haveball made that list
Too much diversity.
Fun fact - HHH, WWE wrestler and executive, was also born in New Hampshire. He proved on several game shows that he’s no dummy.
How is a persons mental age determined ?